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Author Sues Over Peter Pan Copyright: Canadian author Emily Somma has filed suit in San Francisco claiming the characters in ``Peter Pan,'' including Tinker Bell, Wendy and Captain Hook, are now in the public domain and no longer protected by a copyright awarded in 1929.
The suit is a pre-emptive move in anticipation of legal action by the British hospital that currently holds the copyright to Peter Pan.
The Great Ormand Street Hospital for Sick Children in London already has warned Somma to halt publication of ``After The Rain: A New Adventure for Peter Pan,'' which has been published in Canada and can be purchased through the Internet.